diff --git a/lib/boards-api.js b/lib/boards-api.js
index 8da1408..e3f165c 100644
--- a/lib/boards-api.js
+++ b/lib/boards-api.js
@@ -207,6 +207,56 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.createPost = function (post, board, done) {
   ], done)
 }
 
+BoardsAPI.prototype.delete = function (opts, done) {
+  var url = '/ipfs-boards-profile/'
+  console.log('Deleting', opts)
+  if (opts.what === 'post') url += 'posts/' + opts.board + '/'
+  if (opts.what === 'comment') url += 'comments/' + opts.parent + '/'
+  if (opts.what === 'comment' || opts.what === 'post') {
+    this.ipfs.files.ls(url, (err, res) => {
+      if (err) return done(err)
+      if (!res || !res.Entries) return done('invalid response')
+      var list = res.Entries
+      for (var item in list) {
+        if (list[item].Hash === opts.hash) {
+          url = url + list[item].Name
+          return this.ipfs.files.rm(url, {}, err => {
+            if (err) return done(err)
+            this.ipfs.files.stat('/', (err, res) => {
+              if (err) return done(err)
+              console.log('Publishing profile...')
+              this.ipfs.name.publish(res.Hash, done)
+            })
+          })
+        }
+      }
+      return done('post does not exist or was already deleted')
+    })
+  } else if (opts.what === 'board' || opts.what === 'profile') {
+    if (opts.what === 'board') {
+      url += 'boards/' + opts.board
+    }
+    this.ipfs.files.rm(url, { r: true }, err => {
+      if (err) return done(err)
+      this.ipfs.files.stat('/', (err, res) => {
+        if (err) return done(err)
+        console.log('Publishing profile...')
+        this.ipfs.name.publish(res.Hash, done)
+      })
+    })
+  } else {
+    done('what?')
+  }
+}
+
+BoardsAPI.prototype.deletePost = function (hash, board, done) {
+  this.delete({ what: 'post', hash, board }, done)
+}
+
+BoardsAPI.prototype.deleteComment = function (hash, parent, done) {
+  this.delete({ what: 'comment', hash, parent }, done)
+}
+
 BoardsAPI.prototype.backupCache = function () {
   if (window && window.localStorage !== undefined) {
     // Use localStorage to store the IPNS cache
@@ -434,7 +484,6 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadPost = function (hash, adminID, board, op, done) {
     done = op
     op = undefined
   }
-  console.log('Downloading post', hash)
   this.ipfs.cat(hash, (err2, r) => {
     if (err2) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err2)
@@ -442,8 +491,10 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadPost = function (hash, adminID, board, op, done) {
       if (done && done.apply) done(err2)
     } else {
       replyAsObj(r, true, (err, post) => {
-        if (err) return
-        // TODO: add JSON parsing error handling
+        if (err) {
+          if (done && done.apply) return done(err)
+          return
+        }
         post.hash = hash
         if (op) post.op = op // Inject op
         if (board) {
diff --git a/webapp/components/navbar.jsx b/webapp/components/navbar.jsx
index ad13288..97792e6 100644
--- a/webapp/components/navbar.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/navbar.jsx
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     },
     componentDidMount () {
       boardsAPI.use(boards => {
-        if (boards.isInit) this.setState({ api: true })
+        if (boards.isInit) this.setState({ api: true, userid: boards.getMyID() })
         boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', err => {
           if (!this.isMounted()) return
           if (err) {
             this.setState({ loading: false, api: false })
           } else {
-            this.setState({ api: true })
+            this.setState({ api: true, userid: boards.getMyID() })
           }
         })
       })
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     extraButtons: function () {
       if (this.state.api) {
         return <span>
-            <Link className="nounderline" to="/@me"><Icon name="user" className="fa-2x light"/></Link>
+            <Link className="nounderline" to={'/@' + this.state.userid}><Icon name="user" className="fa-2x light"/></Link>
             <Link className="nounderline" to="/users"><Icon name="globe" className="fa-2x light"/></Link>
           </span>
       } else if (this.state.loading) {
diff --git a/webapp/components/post.jsx b/webapp/components/post.jsx
index 0a02da3..cd8fe11 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post.jsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
   init (props) {
     var boards = props.api
     if (!boards) return this.setState({ error: 'Could not connect to IPFS' })
-    this.setState({ loading: true })
+    this.setState({ loading: true, userid: boards.getMyID() })
     boards.downloadPost(props.hash, props.adminID, props.board, (err, hash, date, post) => {
       this.setState({ error: err, post: post, loading: false })
     })
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       return '/post/' + this.props.hash
     }
   },
+  editorLink () {
+    if (this.state.post.op === this.state.userid) {
+      var board = this.props.board || this.state.post.board
+      if (board) {
+        var url = '/edit/board/' + board + '/post/' + this.props.hash
+        return <Link to={url} className="nounderline">
+          <Icon name="edit" className="not-first"/> Edit
+        </Link>
+      } else {
+        return <span/>
+      }
+    } else return <span/>
+  },
   getContent () {
     if (this.state.error) {
       return <Error className="content" error={this.state.error} />
@@ -51,6 +64,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
           <UserID id={this.state.post.op} api={this.props.api} ></UserID>
           <Clock className="not-first" date={this.state.post.date} />
           <Icon name="comments" className="not-first" /> <Link className="nounderline" to={this.postLink()}>View</Link>
+          {this.editorLink()}
         </div>
       </div>
     }
diff --git a/webapp/components/status-components.jsx b/webapp/components/status-components.jsx
index cda7b65..4406265 100644
--- a/webapp/components/status-components.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/status-components.jsx
@@ -16,13 +16,24 @@ var Error = React.createClass({
 
 var Loading = React.createClass({
   render () {
-    return <div>
-      <div className="text-center">
-        <Icon className="center-block fa-spin fa-3x light" name="refresh" />
-        <h4 className="top-half-em">{this.props.title}</h4>
-        { this.props.children }
+    // TODO: merge these (duplicated code) and use css to get desired style
+    if (this.props.small) {
+      return <div>
+        <div className="text-center">
+          <Icon className="center-block fa-spin fa-2x light" name="refresh" />
+          <h5 className="top-half-em">{this.props.title}</h5>
+          { this.props.children }
+        </div>
       </div>
-    </div>
+    } else {
+      return <div>
+        <div className="text-center">
+          <Icon className="center-block fa-spin fa-3x light" name="refresh" />
+          <h4 className="top-half-em">{this.props.title}</h4>
+          { this.props.children }
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    }
   }
 })
 
@@ -31,11 +42,23 @@ var Saving = React.createClass({
     return <div>
       <div className="text-center">
         <Icon className="center-block fa-spin fa-3x light" name="refresh" />
-        <h4 className="top-half-em">Publishing...</h4>
+        <h4 className="top-half-em">{ this.props.title || 'Publishing' }</h4>
         { this.props.children }
       </div>
     </div>
   }
 })
 
-module.exports = { Error, Loading, Saving }
+var Success = React.createClass({
+  render () {
+    return <div>
+      <div className="text-center">
+        <Icon className="center-block fa-3x light" name="check" />
+        <h4 className="top-half-em">{ this.props.title || 'Done' }</h4>
+        { this.props.children }
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  }
+})
+
+module.exports = { Error, Loading, Saving, Success }
diff --git a/webapp/pages/post-editor.jsx b/webapp/pages/post-editor.jsx
index 78f4e6f..2196a5f 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/post-editor.jsx
+++ b/webapp/pages/post-editor.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var React = require('react')
 var GetIPFS = require('getipfs.jsx')
 var Icon = require('icon.jsx')
 var Link = require('react-router').Link
-var { Error, Loading, Saving } = require('status-components.jsx')
+var { Error, Loading, Saving, Success } = require('status-components.jsx')
 
 module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
   return React.createClass({
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     },
     downloadPost (boards) {
       this.setState({ loading: true })
-      boards.downloadPost(this.props.params.posthash, (err, p) => {
+      boards.downloadPost(this.props.params.posthash, (err, hash, date, post) => {
         if (err) {
           this.setState({ error: err, loading: false })
         } else {
-          this.setState({ loading: false, title: p.title, text: p.text })
+          console.log(post)
+          this.setState({ loading: false, title: post.title, text: post.text })
         }
       })
     },
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
       this.setState(obj)
     },
     skip () {
-      this.setState({ loading: false, updating: false, error: false })
+      this.setState({ loading: false, updating: false, error: false, success: false })
     },
     refresh () {
       boardsAPI.use(b => this.downloadPost(b))
@@ -61,12 +62,22 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
         })
       })
     },
+    delete () {
+      this.setState({ deleting: true })
+      boardsAPI.use(boards => {
+        boards.deletePost(this.props.params.posthash, this.props.params.boardname, err => {
+          if (!err) console.log('Post deleted')
+          this.setState({ deleting: false, error: err, success: true })
+        })
+      })
+    },
     additionalButtons () {
       if (this.state.api && this.props.params.posthash) {
         var url = '/@' + this.state.api.getMyID() + '/' + this.props.params.boardname + '/' + this.props.params.posthash
         return <span>
           <button onClick={this.refresh} className="button not-first">Refresh</button>
           <Link to={url} className="button not-first">View</Link>
+          <button onClick={this.delete} className="button not-first">Delete</button>
         </span>
       } else {
         return <span></span>
@@ -78,6 +89,11 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
           return <Error error={this.state.error} >
             <button className="button button-primary center-block" onClick={this.skip}>Continue</button>
           </Error>
+        } else if (this.state.deleting) {
+          return <Loading title="Deleting Post">
+            <p>Pressing the Skip button will not abort the Delete operation.</p>
+            <button className="button button-primary center-block" onClick={this.skip}>Skip</button>
+          </Loading>
         } else if (this.state.loading) {
           return <Loading title="Downloading Post">
             <button className="button button-primary center-block" onClick={this.skip}>Skip</button>
@@ -87,10 +103,11 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
             <p>Pressing the Skip button will not abort the publish operation.</p>
             <button className="button button-primary center-block" onClick={this.skip}>Skip</button>
           </Saving>
+        } else if (this.state.success) {
+          return <Success title="Post Deleted">
+            <p><b>Note:</b> due to a bug in go-ipfs, you may need to wait up to a minute for changes to appear.</p>
+          </Success>
         } else {
-          if (this.state.userid && this.props.params.boardname) {
-            var boardurl = '/@' + this.state.userid + '/' + this.props.params.boardname
-          }
           return (
             <div className="editor">
               <h2><Icon name="pencil" className="light" />
@@ -112,7 +129,6 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
               </div>
               <div className="buttons">
                 <button className="button button-primary" onClick={this.save}>Publish</button>
-                {boardurl ? <Link className="button not-first" to={boardurl}>View Board</Link> : <span></span> }
                 {this.additionalButtons()}
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/webapp/pages/profile-editor.jsx b/webapp/pages/profile-editor.jsx
index 000741a..bd45e90 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/profile-editor.jsx
+++ b/webapp/pages/profile-editor.jsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     },
     init (boards) {
       if (this.state.init) return
-      this.setState({ api: boards })
+      this.setState({ api: boards, userid: boards.getMyID() })
       this.getProfile(boards)
     },
     handleChange (event) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
               <div className="buttons">
                 <button className="button button-primary" onClick={this.save}>Publish</button>
                 <button onClick={this.refresh} className="button not-first">Refresh</button>
-                <Link to='/@me' className="button not-first">View</Link>
+                <Link to={'/@' + this.state.userid} className="button not-first">View</Link>
               </div>
             </div>
           )
diff --git a/webapp/pages/profile.jsx b/webapp/pages/profile.jsx
index 62be316..a8e1298 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/profile.jsx
+++ b/webapp/pages/profile.jsx
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     componentDidMount () {
       boardsAPI.use(boards => {
         if (boards.isInit) {
-          this.setState({ api: boards, id: boards.id })
           this.init(boards)
         }
         var ee = boards.getEventEmitter()
         ee.on('init', err => {
           if (!err && this.isMounted()) {
-            this.setState({ api: boards, id: boards.id })
             this.init(boards)
           }
         })
@@ -50,10 +48,8 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     },
     init (boards) {
       if (this.state.init) return
-      if (boards.isInit || this.state.api) {
-        this.downloadProfile(boards, this.props)
-        this.setState({ init: true })
-      }
+      this.setState({ init: true, api: boards, id: boards.id })
+      this.downloadProfile(boards, this.props)
     },
     linkToEditor () {
       var uid = this.props.params.userid